Off Limits

Written by Vanessa North

Narrated by Felicity Hart and Brooke Hayden

By day, Natalie Marshall is the Thorns Ladies’ Social Club’s perfect concierge: resourceful, observant, immaculate. But she turns her phone off when the night concierge arrives, and then she’s Nat: the raunchy lead singer of Vertical Smile—notorious for lewd lyrics and sexually-charged performances.

Rebecca Horvath isn’t used to asking twice—for anything. As the scion of one of Hollywood’s most powerful film dynasties, she’s waited on, pampered, fawned over—spoiled. So when she asks the cute front person of her favorite queer punk band to be her date to a charity auction, she isn’t expecting the whispered “no,” or for the singer to disappear without even thanking her for the martini.

For Natalie, two worlds colliding spells professional catastrophe–her on-stage antics definitely violate the club employees’ standards clause. For it to be Bex Horvath—a perennial gossip-pages feature—who discovers her secret is terrifying.

When the focus of a criminal investigation at work brings Nat’s double life to the attention of her employer, everything spins out of control. Bex is there to prove there’s more to this party girl than meets the eye. Nat might have to trust her with her secrets, but her heart? That’s off limits.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Oct 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094427539

Vanessa North

Vanessa North is a romance novelist, a short fiction geek, and a knitter of strange and wonderful things. Her works have been shortlisted for both the Lambda Literary Award and the RITA© Award, and have garnered praise from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Publisher’s Weekly. She lives in Northwest Georgia with her family: a Viking, twin teenagers, and a very, very large dog.

Reviews for Off Limits

[Воробьёва Александра · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really liked how net looked there was an interesting contrast between appearance and personality Backs reminded me of the character from you. Enjoyed the book up until the mention of self harm wasn’t easy after that

[Christy B · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Would have appreciated some trigger warnings before starting. It's not something to hide because life isn't rainbow and sunshine but it's my first book with this type of plot so it would have been nice to be mentally prepared.

[June Smith · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fucking fantastic! Quirky, deep, and so unexpectedly funny! Wonderful read!! Thank you for the insightful entrainment and reflecting of how I feel ❤️

[YY Cheong · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A delightful read, would love some closure on Nat’s anxiety, some psychiatry sessions and self discovery and growth would be nice.